BOX SCORE
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Led by a double-double from junior
Kenneth Faried, the Morehead State Eagles trounced Asbury 91-57 in its final pre-season tune-up Monday night at Johnson Arena.
MSU opened the game on an 18-0 run that featured five points apiece from
Demonte Harper and Faried.
Asbury clawed back into the game midway through the half however, using a 15-0 run to close the MSU lead to 36-26 with 4:12 remaining on the clock.
Faried and
Steve Peterson ended any Asbury momentum teaming up for a highlight reel play. Faried tipped an Asbury pass to Peterson who led a 3-on-2 fast break down the left side of the floor. Peterson drove the lane and threw the ball off the backboard to a streaking Faried who rose and slammed the alley-oop home.
The Faried slam started a 9-2 MSU run to the end the half that was capped off by another Peterson to Faried alley-oop, this time with Peterson lobbing a pass from half court to the high-rising Faried.
Faried led all scorers with 14 points in the stanza while
Terrance Hill tallied 11 on 3-of-4 shooting from behind the arc. Faried also recorded eight rebounds while Harper dished out four assists.
MSU opened the second half with a 15-5 run and never looked back the rest of the way. Faried led the way with a 22-point 15-rebound double-double. Hill and Harper also scored in double figures with 16 and 14 points respectively, while Harper and
Brandon Shingles both tallied five assists.
MSU coach
Donnie Tyndall was not satisfied with his team’s performance, despite the runaway win.
“I thought our team showed some weaknesses tonight, especially against the press,” Tyndall said. “We have a lot of work to do with our upcoming schedule.”
Cory Britt scored 18 points for Asbury and Adam Delph pulled down a team-high five rebounds.
The Eagles open up the regular season on Friday when they travel to face in-state rival Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. The game can also be seen on ESPNU.